R.B. Misra, J.

Heard Sri H.R. Misra learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing counsel.

2. In this petition prayer has been made for quashing the impugned order dated 1.9.2001 passed by Director Pension Directorate U.P. Lucknow (Annexure-5 to the writ petition) whereby the family pension granted to the petitioner earlier on 22nd July, 1997 was stopped on the ground that the first wife was alive and during life time of first wife the second wife is not entitled for family pension. Therefore, alter granting family pension for about four years by order dated 1.9.2001 the family pension was stopped. (2) According to the petitioner her husband late Sri Shyam Mohan Srivastava a regular office Superintendent Grade-II in Government Printing and Stationary Press U.P., Allahabad had died on 26.11.1996. Late Shyam Mohan Srivastava was earlier married with Smt. Shail Kumari Venna who had no issue from the wedlock and had been residing separately and was deployed in some other government department where after retirement she was getting pensionary benefits and had no connection with late Sri Shyam Mohan Srivastava. However at her no objection late Sri Shyam Mohan Srivas